The Northern Ireland Prison Service, through its staff, serves the community by keeping in safe and humane custody those committed by the courts and by working with them and other parts of the criminal justice system, to reduce the risk of prisoners re-offending and to help them lead useful lives.

We currently have job opportunities across the Prison Service estate for people willing to play a key role in protecting society and shaping our future.

A Night Custody Officer is accountable under appropriate direction and control for a range of security functions and for the security and safe custody of all prisoners.

Night Custody Officers work an average 44 hour week across a shift cycle, generally between the hours of 20.30 and 8.15.

Applicants must be:

 willing to serve in any prison/young offenders establishment in Northern Ireland. These are:

 good communicators, observant, able to work as a member of a team and use their initiative to deal with varying situations.

The selection procedure to determine successful candidates will include an aptitude test followed by an assessment centre at which the core skills of the post will be tested through a series of group exercises.

Completed application forms must be received by Prison Service Headquarters no later than 2pm on 31 August 2007.

The Northern Ireland Prison Service is committed to equality of opportunity in employment. All applications for employment will be considered strictly on the basis of merit.

The Service welcomes applications from all suitably qualified applicants irrespective of religious belief, gender, race, political opinion, age, marital status, sexual orientation, or whether or not they have dependants. As Roman Catholics and women are currently known to be under  represented in the Northern Ireland Prison Service, applications from the Roman Catholic section of the community and from women would be particularly welcome.

Application forms for both jobs ( one form does both) are available for you to download, print and complete and return by post to Northern Ireland Prison Service,Recruitment Branch, Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast BT4 3SU. Please click on the link below to download

[PDF] Application form for postal return

Application forms can also be downloaded to your PC for you to complete, save and return to us as an e-mail attachment. Once completed please send to our email address at nipsrecruitment@nio.x.gsi.gov.uk.

[DOC] Application form to download, complete electronically and email back to us